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Male


Location

Sydney,New South Wales


About Me:

Retired


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

450 quad fitted with cc3d flight controller and Taranis radio.Upgrading to APM 2.8 flight controller


Hometown:

Kellyville Ridge


Activity Feed

Ian Brown replied to Ian Brown's discussion APM 2.8 plug connections
"Thanks Louis.I found that out when the board was removed from the case and looked at the back of it.The socket next to the GPS is marked i2c.The only other thing that needed to be done was go into the compass settings in mission planner and select…"
Jan 15, 2017
Ian Brown replied to Ian Brown's discussion APM 2.8 plug connections
"Plugged in the GPS and external compass to the APM board and powered it up.Connected to mission planner everything appears to be working and even received a 3D fix in our family room."
Jan 12, 2017
Ian Brown replied to Ian Brown's discussion APM 2.8 plug connections
"From what I can find out the silk screening on the case for the later boards is incorrect as the i2c socket is the one next to GPS socket.The jumper to activate the external compass is removed."
Jan 11, 2017
Ian Brown posted a discussion
Could somebody help with some advice please.When connected to mission planner and try to arm the board I get an intermittent message "prearm high gps hdop ". I have the geo fence enabled so I assume this is the reason the board won't arm.Mission…
Jan 11, 2017
Ian Brown replied to Ian Brown's discussion APM 2.8 plug connections
"Thanks for the reply Andre K.The only problem I have is the case has a socket next to the power module socket marked as the i2c.However if you remove the circuit board from the case and check underneath the board the socket next to the GPS socket is…"
Jan 8, 2017
Ian Brown posted a discussion
Could somebody please help with some advice please.Just purchased a APM 2.8 package with a ublox neo-6 m GPS,power module,OSD and 3DR.Not quite sure where to connect the compass to on the flight controller plus is the GPS a plug and play or does it…
Jan 7, 2017